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King Zhou was infatuated with the beauty of Daji (originally a fox spirit, that is, a marten transformed into a human). Daji deceived King Zhou, saying that once the Baloc Tower was completed, the celestial beings would descend to the mortal world. The king genuinely believed her. Daji informed her fox kin. Those who could...

Contrary to the method of cultivation that the Master advocated, namely following the non-action (wu wei) practice of the Buddha Shakyamuni in the past, which was later propagated by the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, there was a famous monk during the Tang dynasty, Shenxiu, who advocated using sounds and forms of bells and gongs to encourage...

He is Mr. Lê Văn Phối, living in Long Quới II hamlet, Long Điền commune, Chợ Mới district (An Giang), about 1 kilometer upstream of Xẻo Môn canal. He served as the Hương master in the village Hội Tề Board during the French colonial period, so he is commonly referred to as Chủ Phối (He...

THE PERSON WHO CALLED HIMSELF QUAN VAN TRUONG: He is Mr. Nam Han, that is Le Van Han from Kien Phu Thuong Hamlet, Kien An Commune, Cho Moi District (An Giang). He often called himself Quan Van Truong when performing treatment for the people, and each time he did so, he would shout loudly.

Six minutes is our calculation of 6 hours in ancient times. According to the ancient way of calculating time, midnight starts from the hour of the Rat to the hour of the Pig. Every day and night there are 12 hours according to the 12 branches: Rat, Ox, Dan, Meo, Dragon, Snake, Ngo, Goat, Monkey,...

Also known as: External Senses, Six Thieves Refers to the six sense objects: form, sound, smell, taste, touch, and mental objects. These six sense objects are like dust that obscures true nature. Because they are external objects, they are called external objects. They are like thieves and robbers, stealing all wholesome Dharma, hence they are...

Đất Nam Kỳ vào đầu thời nhà Nguyễn, cho đến trước năm 1841. Nam Kì Lục tỉnh (南圻六省) hay Lục tỉnh (六省), là tên gọi của vùng Nam Bộ vào đầu thời nhà Nguyễn, tức là khoảng thời gian từ 2 năm 1831 và 1832 (cải cách hành chính của Minh Mạng) tới năm 1862...

The Six Provinces of Southern Vietnam (Vietnamese: Nam Kỳ Lục tỉnh, 南圻六省 or just Lục tỉnh, 六省) is a historical name for the region of Southern Vietnam, which is referred to in French as Basse-Cochinchine (Lower Cochinchina, or Hạ Đàng Trong).[1] The region was politically defined and established after the inauguration of the Nguyễn dynasty...

The Master observed that throughout the six southern provinces, there were many people practicing religion improperly, whose greed and ego had not been eliminated, and who only cared about creating deceptive things to exploit the trust of the common people. If one practices the Way in this manner, the more one practices, the deeper one...

The six senses of a person are comparable to the six spies inside a citadel which sneakily opens for six enemy armies to infiltrate. The six robbers or thieves, that is, the six senses: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. They are called Robbers because they often incite people to become engrossed in beauty,...